Bubble Bubble

by Mercer Mayer

A little boy creates all sorts of fantastic animals with his magic bubble maker.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Fiction, Fantasy

48 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1973

About the author

Mercer Mayer is an American children's author and illustrator. He has published over 300 books, using a wide range of illustrative styles. Mayer is best known for his Little Critter and Little Monster series of books.

Reviews

[Jon Nakapalau]

A boy blows magic bubbles of animals...but what should he do if they decide to chase him? Another imaginative book from MM.

[Aleya Peters]

This book has predictive text. Each time he blows a bubble and it turns on him, the same sentences are repeated "So I blew another bubble. And that took care of that" The illustrations in this book look like they were done with watercolor. They are very detailed and realistic.

[Amy]

A boy buys bubble solution and the bubbles turn into animals and other things. Very cute!

Two reviewers described this book as wordless, but my version definitely has a storyline with words. Maybe there are two versions of this book?

[babyhippoface]

A little boy buys a magic bubble blower from a street vendor and finds he can blow bubbles in all sorts of marvelous shapes--airplanes, a jack-in-the-box, even a kangaroo. It's great fun until some of the bubbles shaped like animals seem to come to life and turn on him. How's he going to get out of this predicament?

The illustrations are classic Mercer Mayer, colorful and infused with touches of humor. Any child who loves bubbles --which is any child--will love the imaginative fun found here.

[John]

It reminds me of Bill Thomson's CHALK.

[Elaine]

Imagination rich!

[Michael Fitzgerald]

Mayer has trouble coming up with endings. The books just sort of cease.

[Ana on the Shelves]

Adorable little tale about a kid playing with magic bubbles. Simple but magical!

[Solei]

Read this for my children’s literature class. This was one of my favorite books when I was a kid. I love that the story is driven by the pictures.

[Melanie]

My daughters 4 and 18 months currently both LOVE this book. It's about a little boy who buys some magic bubbles and the shapes end up trying to attack him, but not before he blows another bubble to save the day. The pictures are bright and fun and the words are short and somewhat repetitive... its a winner in my house for sure. This out of print book is hard to find, but I might have to get an extra copy because we read this one nearly every day.

[Savannah Domeyer]

This book is about a little boy who blows magic bubbles. He ends up blowing animal bubbles. Then he once blew a mean snake bubble. Then blew another bubble to help scare the snake bubble away. Once he took care of the scary bubbles, he decided not to blow magic bubbles anymore.

[Lynn Davidson]

This is an adorable and humorous story. A boy buys a magic bubble maker and blows amazing bubbles - magic bubbles - of all shapes and sizes. When they become too much to handle he knows what to do to save himself. Such a cute ending to this beautifully illustrated story.

[Breyanna Hill]

Great book for young children to read a full story on their own. Has simple sentences on each page and talks about a boy and his imagination.

[Caitlyn]

It’s a simple story and easy to read! The illustrations really draw the reader in with the shape and detail of the bubbles.

[Michelle]

Wordless picture book. Great fun.

[Emily Carlyn]

So fun!! What are magic bubbles?! Then seeing the bubble creatures and figuring out what will happen next.

[Mellanie C]

Cute.

[Kest Schwartzman]

well, I'm glad that worked out for everyone

[Paige]

little boy blows bubbles into many different shapes

[Phil]

Magic!

[Child960801]

There are bubbles in funny shapes.

[TJE]

Creative bubble book if you're looking for one. Otherwise, no need to read

[TFE]

watched along as we read. pointed out snake bubble.

[Christina]

Came across an ex-library copy of this book at my parents’ house. Told entirely through illustration with no text, it follows a little boy who buys a magic bubble wand from a traveling salesman and uses it to create various animals out of bubbles. Nice illustrations and a cute story.

I noticed some other reviews mention text, which I suspect was added later but I don’t think is necessary. I think the edition I read was a first edition; the library stamps on the first page are 1983 - 1985, so it’s an early edition at least, published by Parents’ Magazine Press as a library binding hardcover.

[Heidi-Marie]

Looking for books for a bubble storytime. This might work. I can get the preschool kids to tell me what animals the bubbles are making. Brief text, so this would be more of a filler. Would probably work in a toddler storytime as well.

10/9/13: I used this as an opening book. The kids loved the pictures and loved telling me what they saw. I wish I had a larger edition of this, but it worked for the smaller group that I had.

[Kathy Blose]

Adorable wordless picture book. Mercer Mayer was very creative in telling a story of magic bubbles and the magical creatures that it creates. The cutest illustration is at the end where they boy pours out the bubble solution from the container and a dragon comes out, looking sad that the fun is all over. This is a must read with young children. Kathy Blose

[L]

I really enjoyed this book. I like Mercer Mayer and how much imagination he has. The character in this book has it, too!

[Vicky]

another great wordless book!

[Brian Drew]

This book is a fantasy book about a kid that finds a bottle of "Magic Bubbles" and blows different types of animals to save him and fight off scary animals.

I liked this book because it was very easy to read and the pictures did a great job portraying the story

I would use this in my classroom because it is an easy book and the pictures are good.